Templates

[Nick Young]

Hi I am looking for an HTML5 editor.  I found Maqetta and took a look and though that the project looks very promising and just what I need. The only snag I have is that there seems to be no support for Templates. I cannot believe this is true as on all websites you need to create a template wireframe, normally for for the top and left side which stays the same for all pages. And you only need to create pages for the main window. A change to the top or side bit permeates to all pages.

Did I misunderstand? Is there a way to share common content within sections of the wireframe on all site pages?

If Maqetta cannot provide this feature, can anybody suggest a HTML5 editor the does?

Thanks in advance for any tips or advice you can provide.

[Jon Ferraiolo]

The next release (coming out in the next week or two) will have a template feature. It may not be what you want, but in case it might meet your needs, I'll describe the new feature.

The new feature is "project templates". It allows you to set up your current project with a set of standard HTML, CSS, JS and images, then save that project as a "project template". Thereafter, you can create new projects from your project template.

To create standard left and top panels, you probably would want to create an HTML page that had a dojo BorderContainer as the top-level widget, and then set the options on BorderContainer to include left and top regions (but not right and bottom). Put standard content into the top and left regions, save that HTML file, then save the current project as a project template. Then create a new project (using that project template), open the HTML file, then be sure to Save As to a different name.

If you want to look at what's coming in the next release, you can download a nightly build from http://maqetta.org/nightly. The nightly builds include the documentation, including a short tutorial on the upcoming project templates feature.

Jon Ferraiolo
Maqetta team